- House GOP lawyers withdraw from gay marriage case—"House Republican leaders withdrew... from defending the Defense of Marriage Act and similar statutes in a court case in Massachusetts, citing the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the gay-marriage ban."
- New Mexico attorney general says he won't defend state's gay marriage ban
- Federal Judge Orders Ohio to Recognize Gay Couple's Marriage
- FEC approves campaign donations from same-sex couples
- Federal Judge Rules That Lesbian Widow Is Entitled To Late Wife's Survivor Benefits
- Arkansas Judge Does The Right Thing—"Arkansas Federal Judge Leon Holmes recused himself recused himself from a marriage equality lawsuit because of his personal relationships with anti-gay activist."
- Andrew Sullivan: The conservative case for gay marriage
- San Diego county clerk asks court to halt same-sex marriages Salon
- Pennsylvania sues to stop issuance of gay marriage licenses
- Gay groups criticized for pursuing marriage when people are poor
- Oxford English Dictionary to update entry for 'marriage' to include gay unions—"The experts behind the OED are updating the definition of 'marriage' to reflect recent gay rights victories." Salon
- Mexican state approves same-sex civil unions—'Lawmakers in Mexico's western state of Colima have approved a change in the state's constitution that legalizes same-sex civil unions."
- 'Recognizing same-sex unions brings us closer to apocalypse' - Head of Russian Orthodox Church
- Extremists attack Montenegro's Gay Pride
- Jamaican cross-dressing teen 'chopped and stabbed' to death by mob
- Sterilized transsexuals sue Swedish government
- Target In Hot Water Again After Donating $50K To PAC Supporting Anti-Gay Ken Cuccinelli
- Baton Rouge sheriff’s office targets gay men under unconstitutional 'crimes against nature' law
- 36 Photos From Russia That Everyone Needs To See—"It's a scary place for LGBT people in Russia right now..."
- First tourists arrested in Russia for 'gay propaganda'
- Russian lawmaker: We will arrest gay athletes, tourists at Olympic Games
- Reykjavík Mayor: Moscow Not Gay Enough—"Mayor of Reykjavík Jón Gnarr wants to formally revise or break off the capital's political and cultural relations with Moscow over the Russian capital's stance on gay rights...."
- Vancouver bars boycott Russian vodka after anti-gay law passed—"Several bars and pubs in city's West End pull alcohol brands from shelves." And the ban has spread internationally.
- Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing to be given posthumous pardon—"Government indicates support for backbench bill to pardon mathematician who took his own life after indecency case."
- Highschool Basketball Coach Anthony Nicod Comes Out, Tells to Yonkers High School Athletes He's Gay
- Steve Grand hailed as first openly gay male country singer with YouTube hit Salon
- Pope says he won't judge gay priests
- It's Not What the Pope Said About Gays, It's How He Said It
- Cardinal Dolan on pope's gay remarks: We can judge actions, not people—We can certainly judge Dolan's actions in the sex abuse scandals.
- Archbishop Tutu 'would not worship a homophobic God'
- Christian programs attempting to convert homosexuals continue in Australia
- Pat Robertson On Transgender People: Not A Sin And 'Not For You To Judge'
- Revealed: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'
- Obama administration to release secret court order on phone records
- Here's why 'trust us' isn't working for the NSA any more
- Senator Who's Taking on the NSA Explains Why He Could Still Win—"Sen. Ron Wyden talks about America's "omnipresent surveillance state" and why he thinks the Obama administration might rein in the massive collection of your data."
- Former NSA Lawyers Attack Senator Wyden For Hinting At NSA Surveillance Excesses That Are Now Confirmed
- FISA court judge: No company has ever challenged Patriot Act sharing—Bottom-line-feeding telcos sold you out.
- 1984day.com: Rally for Privacy—"This Sunday, 8/4/2013, thousands around the country will rally for privacy and against surveillance."
- Again, federal court finds cops don't need a warrant for cellphone location data—"If you want your records anonymized, tell 'the market or the political process.'"
- Oakland surveillance center progresses amid debate on privacy, data collection—"With this city repeatedly roiled by civil protests and the public's attention sharply focused on government surveillance, local officials are pushing forward with a federally funded project to link surveillance cameras, license-plate readers, gunshot detectors, Twitter feeds, alarm notifications and other data into a unified 'situational awareness' tool for law enforcement."
- More Encryption Is Not the Solution—"Cryptography as privacy works only if both ends work at it in good faith."
